Sir Jackie wants Scotland to follow Aberdeen's lead

Sir Jackie was speaking while meeting student teachers at Aberdeen University, where he previously helped set up a pioneering scheme.

He hopes it will be adopted by all Scotland's teacher training colleges.

He was also visiting dyslexic pupils in Aberdeen who wrote to him asking how he coped as a dyslexic child.

Sir Jackie launched Scotland's first professorship in dyslexia at Aberdeen University last year.

'Thick' feeling

The aim is to study the effectiveness of training teachers to deal with pupils with learning problems such as dyslexia.

Surveys had shown that four out of five teachers could receive less than one hour on specific learning difficulties during their entire training programme.

Efforts are aimed at spotting the condition early

Sir Jackie was not diagnosed until he was 42.

He said he was made to feel "thick" at school due to this not being recognised.

He told BBC Scotland: "There are seven teacher training colleges in Scotland.

"I would like to see every single one of those having experts so that every single new generation of teacher can have early recognition of young people with learning difficulties and now how to deal with these children."